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July 30, 1935. M. CVHENNESSY SLIP Filed Nov. 22, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR WITNSSES Jfiary cJiennesay BY ATTORNEYS y 30, 1935' I M. c. HENNESS'Y 2,009,926

SLIP v Filed Nov. 22, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Jlfcu y aHenness y I W0, NEY

ATTOR Patented July 30, 1935 y i tmm sures PATENT {OFFICE Mary CfHerines'sy, Manhasset, N. Y., assignor to Franklin Simon 62100., Inc., New York, N.'Y., a corporation of New York j 1 2 Claims.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and particularly to an improved slip, an object being to provide a construction wherein the garment will readily conform itself to the body of the person wearing the same while presenting a pleasing appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved slip wherein the upper part is formed into a brassiere section.

A further object of the invention is to provide a slip which will automatically conform itself to the shape of a person and adjust itself to slightly different sized persons, with means at the front presenting breast pocket structures and at the rear with a full or bulged portion for taking care of enlargements adjacent the shoulder blades, without distorting the garment at the waist-line or below the waist-line.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a slip disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the same being shown as lying fiat;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the slip shown in Fig.

1, certain parts being broken away to better disclose the brassiere structure;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 2, the same being taken on the line 3-3;

Big. 4 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 2, on the line 4-4;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the patterns used in making the slip shown in Fig. 1, the parts being positioned in their correct relation to each other.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, I indicates what may be termed the front panel, 2 the rear panel, and 3 the shoulder panel. It will be noted that the garment is made of only three parts, except for the shoulder straps 4, 4, which may be of any desired kind.

The rear panel 2 flares from the waist-line downwardly to the bottom of the garment and at the upper end at the back it is provided with an A-shaped extension 5. However, at the left hand, as shown in Fig. 2, the panel 2 is provided with an upwardly extending side section 6, which extends upwardly and around to the front to form one of the breast pockets, namely, the breast pocket I, while the other breast pocket, namely, the breast pocket 8, is formed as part of the front panel I. 7

From Fig. 1 it will be seen that the seam 9 connecting the panels I and 2 together, starts at III which is the central point between the breast pockets at the upper end of the garment and extends diagonally downwardly to about point I I r which is a short distance above the lower end Application Mamba 2 2, 1934,-sei-i 1ivo.i7 54,3 61 i of the garment. From point II to the bottom of the garment, the panels I and 2 are not connected so that there is provided a kick opening .I2. As shown in Fig. 2, there is provided a seam I3, which extends from the point I3, which is 5 a short distance below the waist-line, upwardly to the top of the garment so that the side edge of the panel 2 is connected to one side edge of the panel 3, the opposite side edge being connected by a seam I4 to the panel I. I4 extends downwardly to the bottom of the garment at a point slightly to the rear of the side of the garment.

In forming the panel 3 it will be noted from Fig. 5 that the lower edge I5 thereof is not a comple- 15 ment of the upper edge I6 of the A-shaped extension 5. When these two edges are brought together and sewed by a line of stitching I1, there Will be a certain amount of fullness or bulging at the rear. This will take care of large shoulder 20 blades or a fatty condition at this point without disturbing the desired slenderness at the waistline and, consequently, will produce a better fitting garment above the waist-line and allow the parts below the waist-line to hang in a more uniform 25,

manner without wrinkling or folding.

In order to form the breast pockets I and 8, a number of tucks I8 and I9 are provided, the tucks I 8 in a certain sense radiating from the line of stitching 9, and the tucks IS in a certain sense 30 radiating from the line of stitching I4. These tucks are provided by folding the fabric and then applying the various lines of stitching 20 and 2| respectively. By forming the tucks in this manner the various edges 22 of the tucks are uncut and 35 consequently, there will be no chance of raveling of the edges. By arranging the tucks as just described, the breast pockets 1 and 8 are provided at the front of the garment and properly positioned, while at the rear a limited amount of bulg- 40 ing action is provided by reason of the shape and connection of the A-shaped portion 5 and the lower edge portion of the panel 3. This will produce a snug-fitting garment for the upper part of the body while the lower part of the garment may be 45 cut to snugly fit the waist-line and hang in the desired manner therebelow.

It will be observed that the brassiere portion or section is not a separate member but is formed from part of the three panels of which the body 50 of the garment is produced, and by reason of the yielding action of the fabric will adjust itself readily to the contour of the body of the wearer.

I claim:

1. A slip of the character described including a 55 The seam 10 body provided with a front and a rear panel, one edge of the rear panel being connected to one edge of the front panel on a line extending from the center of the front of the garment in a diagonal direction downwardly to a point somewhat above the bottom of the slip at the side, and a plurality of tucks arranged in the upper front part of each of said panels, one set of tucks extending from said line toward the stdevof the slip the other set of tucks extending from a point slightly back of the side of the slip, forwardly and then a short distance across the front of the front panel, said tucks with the upper part of the front and rear panels forming a brassire section.

2. A slip of the character described, comprising a body formed of three panels, there being a front,

panel, a rear panel, and a rear shoulder panel, said rear panel having an A-shaped upwardly project ing extension at the top, said extension at the top being substantially arc-shaped, said front panel having means forming therewith a brassiere section, said rear shoulder panel having a notched bottom, said notched bottom in the blank being substantially arc-shaped with a radius of less length than the radius of the arc-shaped top of a Arshape extens nd a ine of. s itchin connecting the notched bottom edge 01 said rear shoulder panel to the edge 01 said A-shaped extension, the parts being held in contact during the application of the line of stitching connecting said edges together, whereby the portion of the rear shoulder panel and the portion of the A-shaped extension near said line of stitching will bulge out somewhat toward the rear for taking care of enlargements at the back above the waist-line.

- l MARY C. HENNESSY. 

